The falcon's name changed again, this time to Sin City.

"Abe, it's been so long."

"Tell me about it Cyn. With all of these false loops and pseudo-characterizations, it's a wonder we ever connect in a real way."

"But what do you mean by real, Abe? I'm no longer real. I'm a simulacra of a simulacra. The Real Thing(TM). I'm Sin City from Sim-fucking-City. Just like when I was a Nuts & Bearings delivery chick making house calls except now I'm all digital -- and hyped to the max!"

"Quit it," said Golam, catching on to her game. "You can't hide behind that rigid In-Tell corporate identity again. There's more to life than corpo-credit crunching."